The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1887-10-20
LOCAL NEWS.

It's mighty rocky shooting at
White Rock.
It is said that the land office at
Fargo is flooded these days.
The ladies are rushing the Catlo:
lie Fair arrangements right along.
Mrs. Capt. White returped from
Fargo Monday, after having paid
her sons family pleasant visit.
The surface gangs commenced on
the Wahpeton & Moorhead branch Of
the Manitoba Tuesday Of this week.
The enterprising biacksmiths, Car
ter + Bowden. have placed a new
fire in their shop and are doing u
good business.
Delos Baker will manage the vari-
Gus col nty offices ut the court house
this winter. Mr.. Baker thinks that
he can keep them straight all right
enough.
John S. Ink came down from
Fargo Wednesday, and we under
stand will depart for New York city
on business Saturday evening, to be
gone some three weeks.
H. Il. Robinson was out at his
farm helping to thresh this week,
and says there are dozen and one
hunters for every bird in the
southwestern part of the county.
James Richmond of the haymak-
ing association was in town Wednes-
day. He says the scheme is working
first rate. We hope the boys
will make a barrel of money.
The material from which the Aber-
crombie Scout has been printed was
sold by the sheriff in front Of the
Bank Of Wahpeton Wednesday. the
same being bid in by District Attor-
ney Snyder. it is supposed for tie
mortgagee.
We got letter from gentleman
who had just been at Smiths Lake
shooting, who said there were forty
hunters about the lake and that the
game was flying a mile high-sensi-
ble birds under the circumstances.
That is about the size of it all ut the
lakes.
A prairie fire swept the country
south of Moorhead OH the Mime
sofa side, destroying 1000 tons of
hay and other property, Monday, be-
longing to various men. But then
we presume this will be no warning
to other men owning hay and other
property unprotected.
A compliment like this coming
from such splendidly gotten-up
newspaper as the Eddy County New
Era is appreciated, whether it is de-.
served or not ut does a mans soul
good to run up against SO clean and
modest, yet 80 square-toed and sensi-
ble a paper as THE WAnpEroN
TINES"
Sargent county will at the coming
election vote on the proposition of
raising $4,000 for a court house and
Jail. We should say the amount
ought to be placed at $4,000 or
more, and substantial building
put up, which would be roomy and
credit to the present tax payers, to
be paid for in time to come.
Mr.. and Mrs. jeff Witllall who
for the past summer resided with
Rector Pinkham at Trinity rectory,
departed Wednesday morning to
Join A. j. Whitehouse in Chicago.
This worthy young couple had not
been in Wahpeton long but during
their short stay made many friends
who are sorry to have them leave.
1t is said that Engineer Blanding
will soon 60 out to George Warmers
place in the German settlement, at
the terminus of the Mooreton spur
of the N. P. road and lay out town.
Mr.. Blanding is now down at VOL
verton on the new Wahpeton and
Moorhead branch of the Manitoba,
laying out town. Thus you see
our glorious northwest continues to
prosper.
Joseph HENDERSON, u. E. and II.
E. Rice, Dan Jacobs, VIM. Gillitt
and Geo. A. Lacy formed a jolly lot
of hunters headed for Lake Trav-
erse Monday evening, returning
Wednesday evening, having met
with moderate success. The boys
say that the whole country is over
run with hunters, and that the birds
fly high and are scarce.
George w. Parkc, Esq, a Chicago
capitalist was looking over our city
and county with an eye to the in
vestment of spare capital) during
the past week. Uriah Stronp, ESQ.
of Fond-du-Lac county. Wisconsin,
was also here the latter part of last